Mon, 24 Dec 2012 06:50:00 +0000

OhWelp uses the "keep alive" code at the message desk and manages to stay on the line for an hour asking questions- see http://pastebin.com/v94BqDre for transcript.

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 09:50:00 +0000

Adah and Nadando figured out how to use product code, authorization code and outputs from Las Vegas Arduino device. Correct use of the codes makes MD guy to ask you for your home address, Nadando is anxiously waiting for packet of sweets. Only LOGS for now.

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 07:30:00 +0000

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:30:00 +0000

Xkeeper got MD to be somewhat conversational[1]. MD describes the Message Desk as a "contract that requires him to dial into an ancient mainframe using an ancient modem." First confirmation that he is an employee?

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:30:00 +0000

Agent systems seem to be down and sometimes calls to MD will forward to "Operations" instead. Who is this guy, and what kind of input is he looking for?

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:30:00 +0000

MD is up. Nadando found that almost all of the numbers in the 3xx range give output in the xx/xxxxxx/xxxxxxx format.

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:50:00 +0000

More changes on 202, 303, and Poland numbers. 202: female voice, "202 proxy re enabled, waiting for control signal." 303: male voice, "303 proxy re enabled, waiting for control signal." Poland: "the maximum number of attempts was made for this period, please wait for time out."

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:00:00 +0000

202 number changed again within the same day, now has female voice saying 'two', 303 number also changed now saying 'three' and polish number which went down, now back up saying 'concern'.

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:44:00 +0000

New message on 202 and 303 phone numbers, it now says "We're sorry, an application error has occured, goodbye". Polish number is down.

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:46:00 +0000

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:02:00 +0000

After a third hunt of Chicago drop site found nothing, decision was made in #ARG to stop remaining searches as it now seems highly unlikely that any items will be found. Focus on the Polish number continues.

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 01:23:00 +0000

It seems the Polish number is accepting input at the end of the horns (around 2:43). We are currently testing agent codes; if you want to help, check out: /?title=48_22_307_1061#Accepting_Input

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:58:00 +0000

We are currently attempting to find out what is meant by "ENTR BELL AGENT CODE" mentioned in the message decoded from the Poland horn. Take a look at our investigation/theory notes and test/add anything that makes sense.

The drop site was found to be an old war era AA-gun captured from the soviets, an ItK 37 "Tuulimäki", a 76mm AA gun located in Tuulimäki, Espoo, just by the Tapiola office.
The memorial is for the AA battery 32 "Länsi" (West), the battery had 4 of the same model on Tykkimäki at Tapiola during 1942-1944. The AA-gun is just a few meters from the public pedestrian road with street lights.
The drop was right under gunner's seat below the gun's baseplate and was not visible without trying to look for it or tap below the surface. The drop was a sealed clear bag duct taped to the bottom with a black bag inside it, sealed once from the both ends with a smaller seal to create 4 1 cm by 1 cm pockets on the ends. The contents are what appears to be four rare-earth magnets, a 5cm long spring and a tube with an end where the spring fits snuggly.
The contents of the bag: http://i.imgur.com/MldGC.jpg
Closer look on the tube: http://i.imgur.com/LOwUN.jpg http://i.imgur.com/LOwUN.jpg
Sealed Black Bag: http://i.imgur.com/6UKKP.jpg http://i.imgur.com/MRqtp.jpg
The drop with the outer clear sealed bag: http://i.imgur.com/yALCf.jpg
Where it was found: http://i.imgur.com/TJd70.jpg http://i.imgur.com/O8wKb.jpg http://i.imgur.com/CrOBo.jpg
The contents along a cm-scale ruler: http://i.imgur.com/1jH4a.jpg http://i.imgur.com/MldGC.jpg

Images from the drop

drop location on gun, over top

drop location on gun, underneath (where it was duct taped to)

clear plastic bag over the sealed black bag

the black bag, 2

the black bag, 2

the bag contents

the bag contents

metal tube, screw end

metal tube

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:00:00 +0000

Vargomax recovers the Neary Lagoon drop. The drop was taped under the bench. The contents were two thin metal tubes and a package of silica desiccant gel.

Images from the drop

Package being opened

Metal components from the package

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:00:00 +0000

sevenpoundowl reports that he was unable to locate the Hawaii drop. His search was cut short due to the interference of local law enforcement entities. Images from sevenpoundowl are available here (on imgur).

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:19:00 +0000

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000

IRC user prestoa apparently visited Lake Oswego Public Library and checked the status of the book noted in the first drop. prestoa relayed that the book, a reference only book which is not available for withdrawal from the library, was missing. The book is presumed to have been stolen. The book was apparently misfiled. The CD, which was placed back in the book by oregon, was gone after the book was again found.

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The tones again remained on the entire day on both numbers.. but later in the day, tones on the (303) 309-0004 number changed to a lengthier and varied (with probable encoded data) tone.Example tones: 22:00 UTC and 23:00 UTC. Mwally received the Blue Hill CD. Main IRC channel changed to #ARG from #otp22

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The tones remained on both numbers the entire day with little known variance. Posted to /r/AskReddit where it was quickly removed

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

A different set of tones than the previous ones appeared on both numbers in place of the Agent Systems. The change was first noticeable at 18:00 UTC on the auto dialer.

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

A T- code has been appended to PAYLD1 in new recordings. The auto dialer recorded a new message with a new message code (99280) which contained a new NATO phonetic mesage. 3233 0A7F FECA 26B6 3ED8 D561 8E59 9569 6F8C C8E5 B5DF BDFA 849C

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The contents of the CD-R were uploaded to Google Drive here. The uploaded files were as follows: TrueCrypt Setup 5.1a.exe, bcwipe3.exe, data.bin (Presumably a TrueCrypt data file.) The password for the TrueCrypt data file remains unknown.

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Analysis of the call window recording yielded a likely hidden message. The general consensus is that the message in the auto dialer message was "There's an alarm in the Vaughnsville DCO", corresponding to the Vaughnsville area number (419) 646-0004. Later in the day, both the (303) 309-0004 and (202) 999-3335 numbers became active and accepting Agent codes once again.

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 04:55:00 +0000

Normal operation of the (303) 309-0004 number ceases as the number now begins transmitting odd tones. The odd tone, however, has a BPSK31 transmission accompanying it and it is quickly decoded. The message contains a new phone number - (202) 999-3335. As the numbers shift back to odd tones, this is recorded by mwally's auto dialer. Later in the day, during a small window, the (202) 999-3335 number stopped playing the tone and started playing a new message. <SS5 tones denoting the number> "The number you have reached, 646-0004, is not in service. If you feel you have reached this recording in error, please check the number and try again. Thank you."

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 13:52:00 +0000

A new NATO phonetic message was recorded with Agent code 99288. This message was again decoded using p2.txt. PLEAS EINDI CATEN ATURE OFDEL AYJJJ LOTSO FQSAS KEDJJ

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

MELTER3s status changed to *DECOMSH*. The condition code shifted from Red to Orange/Orange.

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The initial condition codes on the (303) 309-0004 number this day were Orange/Orange. After the MIGs approached the SHIP convoy and MELTER3s status changed to *EMRG*FIRE*, the condition code changed to Red, Bogey/Red, Bogey.The MIGs then dissapeared into Russia and the condition code changed to Red. MELTER3s status blinked on and off from *EMRG*FIRE* (w/ a location of 66.7032 -168.4991) to *NOLOC* (w/ a location of NaN.NaN NaN.NaN). A new SHIP, PETR, is recorded later in the day.

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Message:unk/unk/unk/1 was the message recorded by the OP in the /b/ and /x/ threads. Calls to the (303) 309-0004 number during this day relayed TROOP, AGENT, SUPPLY, and AIRCFT tagged coordinates which were located in North America.